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10/16/2012 8:32:11 PM EDT
How clear is your dot?

I just picked up a 512. My dot looks pixelated. I had some friends look though it and they all agree. Is this normal? I seem to recall looking at some at a local fun show and the ring and dot looked sharp.
10/16/2012 8:40:03 PM EDT
[#1]
you have a real HOLOGRAPHIC sight. no knock off there. its how it should look. I come to love it myself.
10/16/2012 8:51:00 PM EDT
[#2]
Don't focus on the dot, focus on the target, if it appears to be blooming or blurry you may have an astigmatism.
 
10/16/2012 9:21:28 PM EDT
[#3]
Dont know where you were looking at it but if you are looking at a wall close to you it appears pixilated. It is much clearer out at 25 yards and beyond.
10/16/2012 10:56:27 PM EDT
[#4]
Always focus on the target as others have said....look throu the site and it clears up.
Put a magnifier behind it, and it looks like a laser etched reticle, perfectly crisp.
10/16/2012 11:36:25 PM EDT
[#5]
...to which I will add do not run it "over-brightened"...the brighter you set it, the fuzzier it's going to look.
10/17/2012 12:08:24 AM EDT
[#6]
That's how eotech's look, but you could go outside in daylight to see if that helps.

Here is a really good POV video.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qbMWSD0JVw
10/17/2012 2:32:57 AM EDT
[#7]



Quoted:




Don't focus on the dot, focus on the target







 
10/17/2012 5:17:22 AM EDT
[#8]
And turn the brightness down
10/17/2012 1:25:07 PM EDT
[#9]
Quoted:
That's how eotech's look, but you could go outside in daylight to see if that helps.

Here is a really good POV video.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qbMWSD0JVw


Thanks for the vid.

Mine doesn't even come close to looking that good. In the video you can see the four points around the circle, on mine you can't. I also have 3 center dots really close to each other.

10/17/2012 1:30:27 PM EDT
[#10]
Quoted:
And turn the brightness down


With the brightness down to just above the min visible level it's actually a little worse.

10/21/2012 7:21:02 AM EDT
[#11]
I was very confused when I bought mine too (just a few weeks ago).  The reticle just looked like a red, fuzzy, amorphous blob.  I just couldn't see a reticle no matter how hard I tried.  Even took it back to Academy as I thought it was defective.  Went to a different Academy in a neighboring town and tried a different model with the same results.  When I explained what was going on to a guy who was there shopping, he explained to me that I was trying to focus on the reticle instead of my target (much like you focus on the front sight with the target blurry with standard sights).  Once I realized I just needed to look THROUGH the glass and AT the target, it was like magic.  The red, fuzzy, amorphous blob magically turned into a sharp reticle.  The individual dots ARE visible but this is normal according to EoTech.  It looks just like I thought it would now and I love it.  Maybe it's just an issue of focus for you too?
10/21/2012 11:45:16 AM EDT
[#12]
I agree with the others, probably focusing on it, its hard not to, I pretty much cannot get mine crisp at indoor distances, outside usually much better if not perfect. My vision isn't perfect, glasses help significantly, magnifier makes it just like a traditional reticle.
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